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wv2win

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There is a thread on ECF dedicated to mouth sores. Look in the Medical sub-forum. Some of the more common reason for mouth sores tend to be from:

1. stopping smoking, not necessarily from vaping, but because you stopped smoking
2. not drinking enough water - this one especially.
3. something in the flavoring used in your particular e-liquid.

Colgate Peroxyl is a good rinse for mouth sores. Most drug stores carry it in the mouth wash aisle.
 

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There is a thread on ECF dedicated to mouth sores. Look in the Medical sub-forum. Some of the more common reason for mouth sores tend to be from:

1. stopping smoking, not necessarily from vaping, but because you stopped smoking
2. not drinking enough water - this one especially.
3. something in the flavoring used in your particular e-liquid.

Colgate Peroxyl is a good rinse for mouth sores. Most drug stores carry it in the mouth wash aisle.

thank you very much. im going to look for that forum now. again, thank you.
 

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If it's a canker sore get a small container of alum powder at the supermarket or drug stores sometimes sell it too. Take a Q-tip and moisten it a little and roll it in the powder and rub it on the sore. You won't believe how fast that will get rid of a canker sore. I have got rid of them overnight using alum powder.
 

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You can find a lot of information on all things quitting cigs and starting to vape here.

From the post:

"1. Mouth Ulcers
The Quit Ulcers are a common symptom of tobacco withdrawal, affecting many quitters. The ulcers can be very painful, but there are effective topical treatment gels. It has been suggested that high-dose vitamin therapy may also be effective.

The ulcers or gum inflammation may start a week or more after tobacco cessation. They generally clear up after a few days or weeks.

It may be possible that nicotine being absorbed through the mouth can also exacerbate this, as folks using nicotine gum have experienced these mouth sores although it would need to be shown that those using nic skin patches did not suffer so commonly.

It may be that after ecig use, at first, drinking something to rinse the mouth out may help. This will get the nic (or perhaps flavorings or other materials) out of your mouth and not give it a chance to sit there and irritate your mouth tissues and make any sore worse, if this is in fact an issue.

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Note that PG is a bactericide and virucide, and used medically for that purpose, so that it is more likely to improve this type of symptom than worsen it. It is unlikely that ecig vapor from an e-liquid with PG in will affect the Quit Ulcers in any way except beneficially.

However: Cinnamon flavoring in an ecig refill is known to cause or exacerbate this problem in some people."
 
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